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Shiraz A Sabah
BSc FRCS(Orth)
Education
Specialist Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Rotation
London
Current - 2014
DPhil student, Musculoskeletal Sciences
University of Oxford
Oxford
2023 - 2019
Core Surgical Trainee
London Deanery
London
2014 - 2012
Academic Foundation Trainee
London Deanery
London
2012 - 2010
Medical Student
Imperial College School of Medicine
London
2010 - 2004
School
St. Michael’s School
Llanelli
2004 - 2000
Qualifications
FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Royal College of Surgeons of England
N/A
2019
MRCS
Royal College of Surgeons of England
N/A
2013
MRCP Parts 1&2 written
Royal College of Physicians
N/A
2012
MBBS
Imperial College School of Medicine
N/A
2010
BSc in Surgery & Anaesthesia (First class)
Imperial College London
N/A
2008
Prizes
WJ Little Medal
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Rotation
N/A
2018
Grants
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
£291,045
N/A
2024 - 2021
Rosetrees Trust Surgical Trials Fellow
£8,000
N/A
2021 - 2019
Royal College of Surgeons One Year Fellowship
£68,000
N/A
2021 - 2020
Leadership & Management
Editorial Board Member
Bone & Joint Journal
N/A
Current - 2021
Oxford Executive Leadership Programme
Said Business School, University of Oxford
N/A
2022
Seddon Society Meeting Organiser
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Rotation
N/A
2019 - 2017
Employment
DPhil student, Musculoskeletal Sciences
University of Oxford
N/A
Current - Oct 2019
- Supervisor: Prof AJ Price
ST7 registrar (Joint reconstruction & Sarcoma)
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
N/A
Oct 2019 - Oct 2018
- Supervisor: Prof JA Skinner / Mr R Pollock / Prof AJ Hart
ST6 registrar (Hand surgery)
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital
N/A
Oct 2018 - Apr 2018
- Supervisor: Mr S Phillips
ST5/6 registrar (Joint reconstruction)
Watford General Hospital
N/A
Apr 2018 - Apr 2017
- Supervisor: Mr N Davies / Mr S West
ST5 registrar (Spinal surgery)
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
N/A
Apr 2017 - Oct 2016
- Supervisor: Mr K Rezajooi
ST4 registrar (Foot & ankle surgery / Joint reconstruction)
Queen’s Hospital, Romford
N/A
Oct 2016 - Oct 2015
- Supervisors: Mr K Vemulapalli / Mr J Wong
ST3 registrar (Paediatric orthopaedic surgery)
Great Ormond Street Hospital
N/A
Oct 2015 - Apr 2015
- Supervisor: Mr G Spence
ST3 registrar (Foot & ankle surgery)
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
N/A
Apr 2015 - Oct 2014
- Supervisor: Mr A Goldberg
Core Surgical Trainee
Royal London Hospital / Barnet General Hospital
N/A
Oct 2014 - Oct 2012
Academic Foundation Trainee
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital / St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington
N/A
Aug 2012 - Aug 2010
Teaching
I am faculty on several national FRCS(Orth) courses and have received excellent feedback for teaching. I am developing a multimedia Trauma & Orthopaedics curriculum with the Bone & Joint Journal.
Bone & Joint Education
Bone & Joint Journal
N/A
Current - 2021
ST3 Interview Course Convenor
Orthopaedic Research UK
N/A
Current - 2014
FRCS(Tr&Orth) Course Faculty
Orthopaedic Research UK
N/A
Current - 2019
Research
My research centres around understanding patient-relevant outcomes following primary and revision hip and knee replacement.
Find more information on my Google Scholar profile: 60 scientific publications, 1523 citations, h-index: 15.
No exponential rise in revision knee replacement surgery over the past 15 years: An analysis from the National Joint Registry
SA Sabah, R Knight, A Alvand, DW Murray, S Petrou, DJ Beard, AJ Price. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (in press)
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2022
Implant survivorship, functional outcomes and complications with the use of rotating hinge knee implants: a systematic review
J Xu, L von Fritsch, SA Sabah, AJ Price, A Alvand. Knee Surgery & Related Research. Dec;34(1):1-1.
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2022
Self-reported neurotoxic symptoms in hip arthroplasty patients with highly elevated blood cobalt: a case-control study
I Swiatkowska, J Henckel, SA Sabah, AJ Hart. Journal of Patient Safety. 18 (1), e10-e17
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2022
Minimal important changes and differences were estimated for Oxford hip and knee scores following primary and revision arthroplasty
SA Sabah, A Alvand, DJ Beard, AJ Price. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 143, 159-168
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2022
Revision total knee replacement case-mix at a major revision centre
SA Sabah, L von Fritsch, T Khan, AD Shearman, RB Rajasekaran, …. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 9 (1), 1-9
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2022
Implant survivorship, functional outcomes and complications with the use of rotating hinge knee implants: a systematic review
J Xu, L von Fritsch, SA Sabah, AJ Price, A Alvand. Knee Surgery & Related Research. 34 (1), 1-11
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2022
Early patient-reported outcomes following primary hip and knee replacement have improved over the past seven years: Analysis of the NHS PROMs dataset
SA Sabah, R Knight, A Alvand, DJ Beard, AJ Price. Bone and Joint Journal.
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2022
Revision knee replacement for prosthetic joint infection: Epidemiology, clinical outcomes and health-economic considerations
SA Sabah, A Alvand, AJ Price. The Knee. 28, 417-421
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2021
Evidence for the validity of a patient-based instrument for assessment of outcome after revision knee arthroplasty: evaluation of the Oxford Knee Score using a UK national …
SA Sabah, A Alvand, DJ Beard, AJ Price. The Bone & Joint Journal. 103 (4), 627-634
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2021
Patient-Reported function and quality of life after revision total knee arthroplasty: an analysis of 10,727 patients from the NHS PROMs program
SA Sabah, A Alvand, R Knight, DJ Beard, AJ Price. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 36 (8), 2887-2895. e7
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2021
Differences in mortality and complication rates following revision knee arthroplasty performed for urgent versus elective indications
SGF Abram, SA Sabah, A Alvand, AJ Price. The Bone & Joint Journal. 103 (10), 1578-1585
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2021
New instrumentation system for cementless mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty improves surgical performance particularly for trainees
A Alvand, HA Wilson, SA Sabah, R Middleton, N Bottomley, WFM Jackson, …. The Knee. 31, 46-53
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2021
Metal ion toxicity: is it still a problem in 2021?
JA Skinner, SA Sabah, AJ Hart. Bone & Joint Research. 10 (6), 348-350
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2021
An update on prosthetic joint infection for UK trainees
SA Sabah, AD Shearman, A Alvand. Surgery (Oxford). 39 (11), 748-751
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2021
Patient-reported outcome measures following revision knee replacement: a review of PROM instrument utilisation and measurement properties using the COSMIN checklist
SA Sabah, EA Hedge, SGF Abram, A Alvand, AJ Price, S Hopewell. BMJ open. 11 (10), e046169
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2021
The last word on placebo-controlled surgical trials
S Sabah, A Alvand. Journal of Trauma & Orthopaedics. 9 (2)
N/A
2021
Management of aseptic failure of the mobile-bearing Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
SA Sabah, CT Lim, R Middleton, L von Fritsch, N Bottomley, …. The Knee. 27 (6), 1721-1728
N/A
2020
Manipulation under anesthetic after primary knee arthroplasty is associated with a higher rate of subsequent revision surgery
SGF Abram, B Yusuf, A Alvand, SA Sabah, DJ Beard, AJ Price. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 35 (9), 2640-2645. e2
N/A
2020
Novel use of intraoperative cone-beam imaging with on-table angiography for excision of an occipitocervical tumour: A technical note and its feasibility
Z Su, GK Prezerakos, S Sabah, K Rezajooi. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. 22, 100784
N/A
2020
Commentary: Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) for the management of knee prosthetic joint infection
SA Sabah, WFM Jackson. Journal of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery. 1 (3)
N/A
2020
Cervical dural calcification and cervical myelopathy in X-linked hypophosphataemic rickets: a case report and review of the literature
AA Najefi, DB Beder, SA Sabah, K Rezajooi. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 33 (2), 222-223
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2019
The risk of cardiac failure following metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty
SA Sabah, JC Moon, S Jenkins-Jones, CL Morgan, CJ Currie, …. The Bone & Joint Journal. 100 (1), 20-27
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2018
The silhouette technique: improving post-operative radiographs for planning of correction with a hexapod external fixator
J Wright, SA Sabah, S Patel, G Spence. Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction. 12 (2), 127-131
N/A
2017
Are all metal-on-metal hip revision operations contributing to the National Joint Registry implant survival curves? A study comparing the London Implant Retrieval Centre and …
SA Sabah, J Henckel, S Koutsouris, R Rajani, H Hothi, JA Skinner, …. The bone & joint journal. 98 (1), 33-39
N/A
2016
Higher blood cobalt and chromium levels in patients with unilateral metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasties compared to hip resurfacings
OS Lainiala, TPS Moilanen, AJ Hart, HSA Huhtala, SA Sabah, …. The journal of arthroplasty. 31 (6), 1261-1266
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2016
Validated method for measuring functional range of motion in patients with ankle arthritis
J Thornton, S Sabah, N Segaren, N Cullen, D Singh, A Goldberg. Foot & Ankle International. 37 (8), 868-873
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2016
Calculating the hip center of rotation using contralateral pelvic anatomy
M Durand‐Hill, J Henckel, K Satchithananda, S Sabah, J Hua, H Hothi, …. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 34 (6), 1077-1083
N/A
2016
Assessment of emergency department eye examinations in patients presenting with mid-face injury
T Welman, K Shanmugarajah, S Sabah, J Bryan, N Hachach-Haram, …. The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 50 (3), 422-426
N/A
2016
Measuring Functional Range of Motion in Patients with Ankle Arthritis
AJ Goldberg, JD Thornton, SA Sabah, N Segaren, N Cullen, D Singh. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics. 1 (1), 2473011416S00033
N/A
2016
The unforeseen costs of MHRA guidance to resurfacing hip replacement in the UK
J Davidson, S Sabah, R Berber, H Hothi, J Miles, R Carrington, A Power, …. Orthopaedic Proceedings. 98 (SUPP_11), 22-22
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2016
Validation of primary metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties on the National Joint Registry for England, Wales and Northern Ireland using data from the London Implant Retrieval …
SA Sabah, J Henckel, E Cook, R Whittaker, H Hothi, Y Pappas, G Blunn, …. The bone & joint journal. 97 (1), 10-18
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2015
Lessons learnt from metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties will lead to safer innovation for all medical devices
AJ Hart, SA Sabah, J Henckel, G Lloyd, JA Skinner. Hip International. 25 (4), 347-354
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2015
Method for the location of primary wear scars from retrieved metal on metal hip replacements
G Govind, J Henckel, H Hothi, S Sabah, J Skinner, A Hart. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 16 (1), 1-5
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2015
Surveillance of patients with metal-on-metal hip resurfacing and total hip prostheses: a prospective cohort study to investigate the relationship between blood metal ion levels …
AJ Hart, SA Sabah, B Sampson, JA Skinner, JJ Powell, L Palla, …. JBJS. 96 (13), 1091-1099
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2014
A comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of MARS MRI and ultrasound of the painful metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty
IA Siddiqui, SA Sabah, K Satchithananda, AK Lim, S Cro, J Henckel, …. Acta orthopaedica. 85 (4), 375-382
N/A
2014
Cross-sectional imaging of metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties: can we substitute MARS MRI with CT?
E Robinson, J Henckel, S Sabah, K Satchithananda, J Skinner, A Hart. Acta orthopaedica. 85 (6), 577-584
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2014
Changes in blood ion levels after removal of metal-on-metal hip replacements: 16 patients followed for 0–12 months
SK Durrani, PC Noble, B Sampson, T Panetta, AD Liddle, SA Sabah, …. Acta orthopaedica. 85 (3), 259-265
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2014
The effect of a manufacturer recall on the threshold to revise a metal-on-metal hip
S Tibrewal, S Sabah, J Henckel, A Hart. International orthopaedics. 38 (10), 2017-2020
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2014
Optimisation of intramedullary nail alignment
SA Sabah, J Singh, N Heidari. The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 96 (2), 166-166
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2014
Investigating the Painful Metal-on-Metal Hip: Is CT a Substitute for Metal Artefact Reduction Sequence MRI?
E Robinson, S Sabah, J Henckel, K Satchithananda, M Khoo, TM Parsons, …. .
N/A
2014
Revision of metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty in a tertiary center: a prospective study of 39 hips with between 1 and 4 years of follow-up
AD Liddle, K Satchithananda, J Henckel, SA Sabah, KV Vipulendran, …. Acta orthopaedica. 84 (3), 237-245
N/A
2013
Cross-sectional imaging of the metal-on-metal hip prosthesis: the London ultrasound protocol
IA Siddiqui, SA Sabah, K Satchithananda, AK Lim, J Henckel, JA Skinner, …. Clinical Radiology. 68 (8), e472-e478
N/A
2013
Routine surgical outpatient follow-up one year after carotid endarterectomy does not result in medical or surgical reintervention
S Sabah, R Geleit, S Sarkar, C Kyriakides. International Journal of Surgery. 8 (11), 744-745
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2013
Pseudotumors in association with well-functioning metal-on-metal hip prostheses: a case-control study using three-dimensional computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
AJ Hart, K Satchithananda, AD Liddle, SA Sabah, D McRobbie, J Henckel, …. JBJS. 94 (4), 317-325
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2012
Objective assessment of initial eye examination in patients presenting with mid-face injuries
K Shanmugarajah, S Sabah, T Welman, S Westley, R Skinner, N Haram, …. International Journal of Surgery. 8 (10), S67
N/A
2012
Sensitivity and specificity of blood cobalt and chromium metal ions for predicting failure of metal-on-metal hip replacement
AJ Hart, SA Sabah, AS Bandi, P Maggiore, P Tarassoli, B Sampson, …. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume. 93 (10), 1308-1313
N/A
2011
Magnetic resonance imaging findings in painful metal-on-metal hips: a prospective study
SA Sabah, AWM Mitchell, J Henckel, A Sandison, JA Skinner, AJ Hart. The Journal of arthroplasty. 26 (1), 71-76. e2
N/A
2011
Sabah SA Bandi AS Maggiore P Tarassoli P Sampson BA Skinner J. Sensitivity and specificity of blood cobalt and chromium metal ions for predicting failure of metal-on-metal hip …
AJ Hart. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 93 (10), 1308-13
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2011
The painful metal-on-metal hip resurfacing
AJ Hart, S Sabah, J Henckel, A Lewis, J Cobb, B Sampson, A Mitchell, …. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume. 91 (6), 738-744
N/A
2009
References
Professor Andrew J. Price
Professor of Orthopaedics
University of Oxford
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Professor David J. Beard
Professor of Musculoskeletal & Surgical Sciences
University of Oxford
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